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''Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC'', 715 F. Supp. 2d 481 (2010), is a United States district court case in which the Southern District of New York held that Lime Group LLC, the defendant, induced copyright infringement with its peer-to-peer file sharing software, LimeWire. The court issued a permanent injunction to shut it down.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2006cv05936/288038/216 )〕 The lawsuit is a part of a larger campaign against piracy by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). == Background == LimeWire LLC was founded in June 2000〔 and released its software program, LimeWire, the following August. LimeWire was widely used; in 2006, when the lawsuit was filed, it had almost 4 million users per day. LimeWire is a program that uses peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing technology, which permits users to share digital files via an Internet-based network known as Gnutella; most of these were MP3 files containing copyrighted audio recordings. An expert report presented during the trial found, in a random sample of files available on LimeWire, that 93% were protected by copyright. These files were distributed, published, and copied by LimeWire users without authorization from the copyright owners, potentially competing with the recording companies' own sale of the music. Thirteen major recording companies led by Arista Records〔The thirteen consisted of Arista Records LLC, Atlantic Recording Corporation, BMG Music, Capitol Records Inc., Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, LaFace Records LLC, Motown Record Company, L.P., Priority Records LLC, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings Inc., Virgin Records America Inc., and Warner Bros. Records Inc.〕 sued LimeWire LLC, Lime Group LLC, Mark Gorton, Greg Bildson, and M.J.G. LimeWire Family Limited Partnership for copyright infringement. LimeWire filed antitrust counterclaims against the plaintiffs and ancillary counterclaims for conspiracy in restraint of trade, deceptive trade practices, and tortious interference with prospective business relations, all dismissed by the court in 2007. The recording companies alleged that the software is used to obtain and share unauthorized copies, and that LimeWire facilitated this copyright infringement by distributing and maintaining the software. They claimed that LimeWire was liable for: # inducement of copyright infringement # contributory copyright infringement # vicarious copyright infringement # violations of state common law prohibiting copyright infringement and unfair competition 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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